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May I politely open for debate....

Don't mean to sound ungrateful and I know this approach is new but I thought it worthwhile to sound out opinion ASAP. Whilst I am very happy to have a hound sniffing out news for me, may I suggest that significantly less news is posted. A dog with a less sensitive nose maybe?

Things like reserve team news just clutter up the threads IMO (unless the story is about a star making a comeback for example) and will undoubtedly mean more important news is missed by the reader if hidden amongst pages of less relevant stuff.

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I was just myself looking to see if there was a thread on this. Who is it? I thought at one stage (based on some iffy formatting) that it might be a bot set up to scan team news and post it

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Vannie wrote:I was just myself looking to see if there was a thread on this. Who is it? I thought at one stage (based on some iffy formatting) that it might be a bot set up to scan team news and post it
admin did announce it was going to happen but I couldn't find the thread just now to post this as a reply.

The more I read of the posts, the less I see of FF interest :(

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Do you not want a copy of the Hull vs Fulham programme then murf? Reprints should be ready for us at £3 a pop. Huzzah. :D

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Beyond a joke. Getting angry now :evil:
FISO Newshound wrote:Pre-order the new third kit
26/08/2008 13:31

City’s new blaze orange third kit can be pre-ordered now for delivery late next month – but don’t delay, as this will be a strictly limited edition.

The new shirt can be reserved now either online or by calling 0870 062 1894, with despatch set for the day it goes on sale in the shops, 27th September.

Pre-orders will be taken up until midnight on 14th September, but as a limited edition purchases will be on a strictly first-come, first served basis.

Adult short-sleeved shirts are priced at £30, and the long-sleeved version is £35 – but Seasoncard holders get their usual 10% discount. Citycard & Accesscard holders get 5% off. Our young fans don’t miss out either, with junior short-sleeved tops priced at £19.

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I agree, £19 for the junior kit :shock: :evil:

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Spencer4 wrote:I agree, £19 for the junior kit :shock: :evil:

I'm not paying that without seeing any pictures......

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Be fair it is a limited edition! :D

Is this a bot or is someone actually doing this?

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It has to be a bot, its posted betting odds and advertised a text betting company on Boltons section. :lol: Still if they win 3-1 @ 10/1 or Gretar Steinsson scores the first goal @ 20/1 i say it stays.

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The Drog's Ballacks wrote:Be fair it is a limited edition! :D

Is this a bot or is someone actually doing this?
I'm let to believe that that murf is not a bot

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Vannie wrote:
The Drog's Ballacks wrote:Be fair it is a limited edition! :D

Is this a bot or is someone actually doing this?
I'm let to believe that that murf is not a bot
:D At this rate Newshound might catch up with him!

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The Drog's Ballacks wrote:
Vannie wrote:
The Drog's Ballacks wrote:Be fair it is a limited edition! :D

Is this a bot or is someone actually doing this?
I'm let to believe that that murf is not a bot
:D At this rate Newshound might catch up with him!
Some good will come out of it then :wink:

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I think newshound does need to curtail his/her activities as half the stories are of no use to the fantasy manager. There needs to be some subjective selection of which stories are news-worthy.

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Can we get an uber-mod to delete them as quickly as he puts them up :idea:

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perhaps a bot using the same logic could be set up to remove them :mrgreen:

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Spencer4 wrote:Can we get an uber-mod to delete them as quickly as he puts them up :idea:
Can we get an uber-mod to ban him :idea:

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he's already a Wideboy. At this rate he'll be shooting down RMT's and talking about himself in the third person by Thursday :wink:

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I concur with the general consensus around here. There doesn't seem to be any news about who got injured/played well/came back from injury. Rather it's just a straight copy from the individual club's web-site.

I had hoped there would be some useful fantasy news, but it appears to be sadly lacking in that department.

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Vannie wrote:he's already a Wideboy. At this rate he'll be shooting down RMT's and talking about himself in the third person by Thursday :wink:

Maybe he wants to enter Sorbie's CYKI mini-league :wink:

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I wonder where he stands on the "will it take off?" debate?

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snout wrote:I wonder where he stands on the "will it take off?" debate?
He'd be the flight attendant, coming round serving us all with nice big plates of fresh spam!

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Just clicked the latest posts button and this 'person' is all over the place!!! Has anyone tried PMing him/her/it?

I'll have a fiver it's 1086... the only other powerposter I know on here. :wink:

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DixieDean wrote:Just clicked the latest posts button and this 'person' is all over the place!!! Has anyone tried PMing him/her/it?

I'll have a fiver it's 1086... the only other powerposter I know on here. :wink:
It is actually a genuine FISO innovation, introduced by admin.......

(it has got to Wigan now so hopefully we'll have some peace for a bit)

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Well that's a bit worrying then... spamming your own site. Hmmm. :?

There must be money in it for someone.

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DixieDean wrote:There must be money in it for someone.
Oooh ooh pick me! pick me!

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I have stopped looking at the specialist club threads where I see the last poster is this man/thing/spammer.

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Dear Admin...
A typical opening post on the Specialist Club Knowledge threads where this stuff is going wrote:This thread is for specialist news on Wigan Athletic FC of interest to the Fantasy Football fan. Please keep irrelevant comment and banter away from this thread.
So.... Where does FISOHound's post below give me FF info? It's just a blantant junk email-esque post trying to get me to spend money!!!
FISO Newshound wrote:CARLING CUP COMMENTARY
Posted on: Tue 26 Aug 2008

Wigan Athletic embark on the Road to Wembley in the Carling Cup tonight hosting Ian McParland's Notts County in the second round of the competition.

You can catch every kick with Full Match Commentary on Latics World (in association with Kingdom Security) from 7.30pm with Graham Lovett and Jamie Roberts.

You can also text your comments to the commentary team on 07874 123 993. And listen out for your chance to win a pair of tickets for the Sunderland game by predicting the full time score.*
...and it's the same on all the other threads.

I for one would like an explanation please if this is something that you are involved in or approve of.

Cheers

Rich

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Re: Newshound

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I agree this is a bit rich, considering how anal some people have been over these threads in the past - even to the extent of the creation of 20 duplicate threads (the 'starting 11' ones) just to keep banter and irrelevant comment away.

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Re: Newshound

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murf wrote:
admin did announce it was going to happen but I couldn't find the thread just now to post this as a reply.

The more I read of the posts, the less I see of FF interest :(
The thread in question was in the Moderators forum which you had access to before taking early retirement.

As I said in my post no doubt there will be an initial learning curve and I will be coaching him to post more relevant news items on more appropriate threads.

Please bear with me whilst I educate the fiso newshound.

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